The usual standards top the list, joined by a few surprise gems (and turds)

Japanese sales charts are usually pretty different from North America's, especially when it comes to video games--at least in some respects. Whereas our charts are topped by Call of Duty, Madden, FIFA, and Pokémon, Japan's charts are usually dominated by Dragon Quest, Monster Hunter, whatever the latest Musou/Warriors title is, and, uh... Pokémon.

Sales tracker Media Create released a list of the top thirty best-selling games in Japan for the year 2012, proving exactly what I just said.

TITLE

2012 SALES

TOTAL SALES

PLATFORM

1. Pokémon Black/White 2

2,919,977

2,919,977

DS

2. Animal Crossing: New Leaf

1,969,955

1,969,955

3DS

3. New Super Mario Bros. 2

1,743,791

1,743,791

3DS

4. Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D

919,870

919,870

3DS

5. Resident Evil 6

833,012

833,012

PS3

6. One Piece: Pirate Warriors

828,150

828,150

PS3

7. Mario Kart 7

748,797

1,908,966

3DS

8. Super Mario 3D Land

689,374

1,769,566

3DS

9. Mario Party 9

641,348

641,348

3DS

10. Dragon Quest X

609,783

609,783

Wii

11. Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate

602,058

1,587,556

3DS

12. Yakuza 5

518,224

518,224

PS3

13. Dragon's Dogma

467,375

467,375

PS3

14. Fire Emblem: Awakening

455,268

455,268

3DS

15. Tales of Xillia 2

428,913

428,913

PS3

16. Paper Mario: Sticker Star

402,133

402,133

3DS

17. Pro Evolution Soccer 2013

399,340

399,340

PS3

18. Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates of Infinity

373,699

373,699

3DS

19. New Super Mario Bros. U

369,392

369,392

Wii U

20. Wii Sports Resort (with Wii Motion Plus pack-in)

358,627

1,161,600

Wii

21. The 2nd Super Robot Taisen Z

344,018

344,018

PSP

22. Pokémon Conquest

341,250

341,250

DS

23. Taiko Drum Master: The Little Dragon and the Mysterious Orb

340,533

340,533

3DS

24. Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City

338,889

338,889

PS3

25. Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance

338,812

338,812

3DS

26. Run for Money Tousouchuu

337,472

337,472

3DS

27. Taiko Drum Master: Super Splendid Edition

321,959

321,959

Wii

28. Kid Icarus: Uprising

316,133

316,133

3DS

29. Inazuma Eleven Go 2: Chrono Stone - Neppu/Raimei

314,016

314,016

3DS

30. Resident Evil: Revelations

296,040

296,040

3DS

So yeah, let's all look at that list and start a rousing, hilariously inaccurate cry of "Nintendo is doomed, all their franchises are being run into the ground." Yeah, they're being run into the ground by the giant piles of money that are weighing them down. You already know what our favorites for 2012 were, but did any of your favorites make Japan's top thirty?